Disk Space on Panix - Quotas and Charges

Most accounts have a disk space quota of
4 GB for the files you keep on
Panix (incoming and saved mail, plus files in your shell and web directories).
You can buy additional disk space as needed; details are included below.

NOTE: You may be listed as the owner of files that aren't in
your own home directory or web space. If you help maintain a web page
owned by someone else, you may own some of the files there, and they
will count towards your allotment. If you wish to transfer these
files to the ownership of another Panix user, mail a request to staff@panix.com and we'll help you
take care of it.

This page is a guide to your disk use: how much you get free of charge,
how much you can expect to pay for additional space, and your billing
options. For more information, please refer to the
Panix Disk Usage FAQ.

Disk Charges for Single-User Accounts:

Disk Space
Allocation:

The standard disk allocation for a single-user account is
4 GB.
It is quotaed (that is, the limit is imposed by the system.
Exceeding the limit results in data loss.)
The quota applies to files in your home directory, your web space, your
mailbox, and, if you have any MySQL databases, the space on any MySQL servers.
If you are viewing your quota in our webmail interface, it simply shows how
much you've used out of your quota, summed across all types of usage. However,
if you're viewing your quota in the shell (using the "quota" command), you
will see both your total usage, and each service's usage broken out separately.
As you would expect, your mail and web files are visible from your home
directory, but they are not counted twice in your quota - they appear only in
their respective categories and the total usage, not in the shell category as
well.
Here is a sample output of the command 'quota' (based on an assumed
allocation of 4 GB):

Any time your disk usage rises from below your quota to above it you
will get a warning message periodically
unless in the meantime your usage has dropped below quota.

As soon as your usage goes below quota the clock is reset. You'll get
another alert the next time you go over quota, and the cycle will
repeat.

Limits are recalculated every minute. You may observe a brief
discrepancy between the limit and the usage totals until the
recalculation has been done.

As long as you are below quota, and for a while after you go above,
you will continue to have a 5%
margin of extra space. If your usage
stays above quota for 7 days, however, the margin is eliminated, and
the official quota takes effect. (You can tell how much time you
have left by looking at the "Expires" column of your quota output.)

If you exceed your quota and you don't reply to the warning
message within 1 week, your service will be disrupted until we
hear from you. Call us and we'll let you into your account so
you can increase your quota and/or delete some files.

Unless your usage tends to hover right around your quota, this is all
you need to know. But if you tend to be right on the edge, or if you
like knowing about these things, you might want to see how we're calculating it.

Buying Additional Disk Space:

If you need more disk space than the allocation that comes with
your account, you can buy
additional 1 GB blocks, which
are billed on the same cycle as your
other services (ie monthly, quarterly, or yearly). If your account
has billing privileges, you can add or reduce disk space at
https://config.panix.com/shell
Alternatively, you can send email
to accounting@panix.com, and we
will adjust your disk quota as instructed.

Disk Block Prices:

$5/month

$15/quarter

($50/year prepaid)

Please note: Like all Panix fees, prepaid disk
allocation charges are non-refundable, but credit
from unused disk space can be applied to other services.

Tracking Your Disk Usage:

You can see your current disk use, separated into home and web
directories, by running the command:quota
at the UNIX shell prompt.
For files that are not in your home or web space,
you can use the commanddiskuse -l

File Ownership and More Information:

Charges will be applied based on file ownership. Unless you have
made specific arrangements with us for use of a group ID, you can
be sure that you own the files in your home directories and on your
web pages. If you have a group ID, you'll receive additional
information about how these charges apply to your group.